Thin Film Thermocouple Sensors for Measurement of Contact Temperatures During Slider Asperity Interaction on Magnetic Recording Disks

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 2548-2550

  Schreck, E ^a   Fontana, R E ^a   Singh, G P ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOCOUPLES; THIN FILM DEVICES;

CONTACT TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC RECORDING DISKS; MAGNETIC RECORDING SLIDERS; SLIDER ASPERITY INTERACTIONS; THERMOCOUPLE SENSORS; THIN FILM SENSORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 0026911526     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.179552     Document Type: Article

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